Tuesday, November 13, 2007

PEANUT BUTTER SQUASH BROWNIES

PEANUT BUTTER SQUASH BROWNIES
by Nancy

1 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup honey
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 egg
1/2 cup cooked butternut squash

Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes.

Banana Nut Pudding

1 ripe medium banana
2 TBL peanut butter (or other nut butter)
1/2 cup homemade yogurt


1. Smash banana with fork until completely smooth.
2. Mix peanut butter with smashed banana.
3. Put 1/2 cup homemade yogurt into a bowl.
4. Mix banana/nut butter mixture into yogurt until smooth.
5. Refrigerate and serve cold.

Squash French Fries

SQUASH FRENCH FRIES
by Sheila

Butternut squash
olive oil

Preheat oven to 425F. Cut butternut squash in thin slices by hand or with a slicer. Toss them in olive oil, and place slices on a *baking stone. Bake until crisp. No turning is required

Cauliflower Popcorn

From pecanbread: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/pecanbread/message/72671

Cauliflower popcorn (from a newspaper)

Who woulda thunk that cauliflower could actually become addictive?
With this
simple high-temperature roasting process known as caramelization, your
basic
off-the-rack cauliflower is miraculously transformed into sweet,
lip-smackin'
candy bombs you and your guests won't be able to get enough of.

1 head cauliflower
4 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp salt

1. Preheat oven to 425F, Cut out and discard cauliflower core and
thick stems.
Trim remaining cauliflower into florets the size of golf balls. In a large
bowl, add cauliflower, olive oil and salt. Toss thoroughly.

2. Spread cauliflower on a baking sheet. Roast for 1 hour or until
most of each
floret has become golden brown. Turn 3 or 4 times during roasting. Serve
immediately. Serves 6 to 8.

Update 11/29/2007
I tried this out. Didn't look like popcorn, but caramelized cauliflower does taste good. It didn't look much different from a crispy cauliflower sabji sans the spices.

Mock Sugar Cookies

From pecanbread: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/pecanbread/message/72673


2 cups almond flour, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon baking soda, 1/3 cup
honey, 2 Tablespoons coconut oil; Mix dry ingredients, add coconut oil and
honey, mix well. Roll dough into balls and flatten with fork on parchment
lined
baking sheet. Bake at 275 degrees for 20 to 30 minutes or till slightly
golden. Place on cooling rack and sprinkle with cinnamon if desired.

Avocado Bread

From the pecanbread website:http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/pecanbread/message/72654

AVOCADO BREAD
Ingredients
3 avocados
6 eggs
1/4 - 1/2 tsp. salt
2 Tbs. Nut butter – Optional, although it does make a firmer bread.

Instructions
1. Cut the avocados in half; remove pits and spoon out flesh. Discard
skins and pits. Puree the avocados, eggs, salt and nut butter together.
2. Spread into a jellyroll pan lined with parchment paper. Bake at
300° F for 30 minutes.
3. While it's still hot, place another piece of parchment on top and
flip into another jellyroll pan (or you can flip onto a cutting board
and then slide it back into the original pan). Peel the parchment
paper off the top, and return it to the oven bottom side up. Bake this
side for an additional 20 minutes at 300° F.

Friday, November 2, 2007

Sheera

1 cup masoor dal "rava"
1.5 cups almond milk

roast masoor dal "rava' in ghee. Add 1/2 chopped banana.
Heat almond milk, when it is boiling, add roasted mixture

Add a little more ghee, elaichi powder, saffron.

Update 11/29/2007:

I've since modified this to be really quick and easy. I pressure cook matar dal (preroasted and coarsely powdered) with a banana, saffron strands and almond milk (or water).
After its cooked, I add a dollop of honey and a little milk. tastes great.

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Pumpkin Icecream

This one looks really good, from SCDrecipe_creators - http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/scdrecipe_creators/message/1837

Pumpkin Ice Cream

1 quart homemade yogurt
1 cup pumpkin puree
1/2 C honey
2 eggs
1 T vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger
pinch of ground cloves
pinch of ground nutmeg
pinch of salt

Mix all ingredients together in a bowl then pour into an ice cream maker. If
the raw eggs
freak you out, leave them out. If you don't have an ice cream maker, I think
you could aerate
it well with a mixer then just put it in the freezer to harden. Enjoy!